Name: LGR - ハーフライフ20年後。回顧 (LGR - Half-Life 20 Years Later: A Retrospective)
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I've been meaning to cover this on LGR for nearly a decade but I've continually put

it off with it being such an established classic.

One of the golden standards in first-person shooters

and an all-time classic among games in general.

More specifically, this is the original release for Windows PCs, developed by Valve Software

and published by Sierra Studios on November 19th, 1998.

And you can tell it's an early release, not only due to its sizable gatefold box,

but the fact that protagonist Gordon Freeman doesn't even have glasses here.

That changed by the time the 1999 Game of the Year Edition came around, with Mister

Freeman donning a respectable set of spectacles from here onwards.

We'll get back to some of the later releases in a bit, but for now let's stick to the original release.

Inside the box you get a jewel case containing the game CD-ROM sprinkled with rusty patterns

and mathematical equations, a registration card that was found bundled with both Sierra

and Knowledge Adventure titles, an ad for the official Half-Life strategy guide, the

Fall 1998 Sierra software catalog featuring full-color ads for both Half-Life and a standalone

version of the Half-Life editor, Worldcraft Pro: a product that was canceled in March of '99.

And finally there's the owner's manual, a 40-page document featuring vivid orange

highlights and piles of detailed gameplay information and concept art, as well as an

ad for the Falcon Northwest Mach V. Man that company was all over the place, seems like

there were Falcon ads for every major PC game release back then.

Half-Life begins with some logo videos, including that iconic one from Valve.

Ahh "Hazardous Environments," still one of the best intro themes around.

And at this point you get the original Half-Life main menu, something I hadn't seen in ages.

Subsequent versions of the game changed this menu around quite a bit, before ditching it

One thing that didn't change is the default control scheme, and for good reason: it's

still pretty standard, even decades later.

This was back when default FPS controls could still vary wildly from game to game, but Half-Life

was one of the very first PC games I remember seeing WASD for movement, control and shift

for ducking and walking, E for interactions, etc.

And to this effect, Valve included a training room for players unfamiliar with this kind

It's more or less just a [“practice mooooode”]

where you can mess around with the controls, mechanics, and weaponry.

But you're also accompanied by a helpful holographic training guide.

-"Hello and welcome to the Black Mesa Hazard Course, where you'll be trained”

-”in the use of a hazardous environment suit. I am your holographic assistant."

And even though the default controls are going to be second nature to anyone familiar with

more modern FPS games, I still recommend going through this hazard course due to a couple

of the moves you need to master in Half-Life.

Namely, the crouch jumping and long jumping, two moves that are vital to navigating a significant

chunk of Half-Life but are pretty much non-existent in newer shooters.

Once that's over, it's time to clock in for a day of work at the Black Mesa research facility.

And that begins with a leisurely tram ride, making for a deliberately slow introduction

-”The time is 8:47 AM. Current topside temperature is 93 degrees”

“with an estimated high of one hundred and five.”

And man, seeing this for the first time was mind-boggling stuff to teenage me.

This was an FPS game that began without the 's.'

Nothing to shoot, no guns or weapons, no one to talk to.

Just a bit of exposition in the form of the computerized tram voice and the text letting

you know you're 27 year old Gordon Freeman, an MIT graduate with a PhD in theoretical

physics, and a level 3 Black Mesa research assistant

assigned to the anomalous materials laboratory.

Who also happens to be running late to work.

-”Morning Mister Freeman, looks like you're running late!”

Oh and it's worth noting that the gameplay you're seeing here is being captured using

original retro hardware with Creative's Environmental Audio Extensions enabled.

Makes quite a difference compared to sound cards without it.

-”Hey, Mr. Freeman. I had a bunch of messages for you,"

"but we had a system crash about twenty minutes ago and I'm still trying to find my files.”

Some players may understandably prefer it turned off, or using Aureal's A3D mode instead.

But either way Half-Life was one of the premiere titles to make use of audio hardware enhancements

back then and personally it just feels right having EAX enabled.

Echoey audio or not though, this starting section in Black Mesa is still crazy to me.

In a good way, I love when games go out of their way to provide extraneous interactivity,

and Half-Life delivered here with its locker rooms, hand dryers,

And of course, this is where you get the Hazardous EnVironment suit.

The HEV practically turns you into a superhero, so that's convenient considering what's to come.

And that is, well, you're throwing science at the wall here to see what sticks.

Imagine if CERN went the way of Stephen King's The Mist, the latter of which has been cited

by Half-Life's developers as an inspiration.

Turns out that shimmering alien crystals and anti-mass spectrometers don't mix, resulting

in a massive quantum event known as The Resonance Cascade.

[scientists scream, resonances cascade,  bad things happen]

Yeah so an interdimensional rift has opened up

and lots of murderous aliens are flooding into the facility.

Though unlike the rest of the poor souls in Black Mesa, you're equipped with a suit

that largely protects you from all manner of attacks and hazards.

And thankfully it's not long before you find Half-Life's most recognizable weapon,

the crowbar, uniquely clad in red paint and perfectly suited for bashing alien flesh and

But even with these advantages, for the most part you're running scared like everyone

else, enduring attacks from face-hugging headcrabs, zombified former scientists,

Luckily you're not stuck with the crowbar for too long, with increasing enemy threat

Two different pistols, a combat shotgun, and an SMG show up, as do explosives like grenades,

trip mines, satchel charges, and a laser-guided RPG.

There's a powerful crossbow that acts as your sniping option, along with the Tau Cannon

and Gluon Gun: energy weapons that dole out incredible damage while constantly running

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